Sheet-metal handle.



PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908.

P. D. SKAHEN.

SHEET METAL HANDLE.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB-6,1908.

ionrrnn sirarns rgrnnr 'orrrcn PATRICK D. SKAHEN, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

SHEE T-ME 'IAL HAND LE Application filed February 6, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK D. SKAHEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Syracuse, New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sheet-Metal Handles, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to handles for chests and other articles, of thatclass in which there is a bail or hand-grasp jointed to a supportingplate, and consists in constructing the parts of the structure as fullyset forth hereinafter and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a face view of a handle embodying my invention; Fig. 2 aperspective view of the supporting plate; Fig. 3 a perspective view ofthe hand-grasp; Fig. 4 a transverse section on the line kl Fig. 1; Fig.5 a back view of part of the handgrasp Fig. 6 a perspective view of saidportion looking from the back; Fig. 7 a partial section on the line 7-7Fig. 1.

The handle consists of the supporting plate A and the hand-grasp B. Theplate A is formed by stamping or otherwise from a single plate of metalwhich is bent downward at the edges to form edge flanges a and with acentral elevated bridge section b, as well as elevated end sections 0,c, and intervening depressed flat sections 6, 6, one above and the otherbelow the bridge section, the latter and the elevated end sectionsimparting stiffness and rigidity to the structure, especially along thetransverse line where the strains coming upon the handgrasp arereceived. The hand-grasp is substantially of a U-shape with a cross barf and two substantially parallel side arms g, g, each of the latterhaving an inwardly projecting cylindrical trunnion it. As shown in Fig.1 the supporting plate is narrower at the lower than at the upperportion and this narrow portion of the supporting plate, when the partsare assembled, conforms substantially with and lies within the handgraspB, and the trunnions h extend across bearing edges 3 of the side flangesof the supporting plate, as shown in Fig. 4. The wider part of thesupporting plate has bearing edges x which are above and outside of andat right angles to the edges y, as best shown in Fig. 2, and are soarranged that whenthe hand-grasp is turned outward, as shown in Fig. 7,its trunnions will have a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .i'une e, 1908.

Serial No. 414,583.

downward bearing and thrust upon the edges y, while the faces of theside arms beyond the said trunnions will have an upward bearing againstthe edges as so that the strain of the weight of the chest or otherarticle to which the device is attachedwill come upon these bearingedges, the supporting plate by its elevated bridge and end sections andflanged portions being so strengthened and braced that this pressurewill be effectively resisted, and the cylindrical trunnions of thehandgrasp being of such diameter as to support the strains coining uponthis portion of the article.

Preferably the hand-grasp is made of a single piece of metal shaped andbent so as to provide side flanges i, i, for the arms, and a hollow ortubular cross-bar, and hollow cylindrical trunnions. Thus the blank fromwhich the hand-grasp is made would. have substantially the outlineindicated in dotted lines, Fig. 5, and the edge portions and projectingportions would be bent inward to bring the parts of the blank to thepositions of those shown in full lines in said figure, thereby securinggreat strength and rigidity without excessive weight. As thusconstructed both parts of the structure may be each bent up from asingle blank to the de sired shape, and expeditiously and cheaplymanufactured.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination in a handle for receptacles, of a supporting plateand a pendent hand-grasp, the latter consisting of sheet metal bent toform inwardly projecting trunnions, and the plate having at each sidetwo bearing edges ac, y on different planes and lines at right angles toeach other, one for contact with the side arm of the handle when thelatter is raised and the other for supporting the trunnion.

2. The combination in a handle for boxes, of a hand-grasp having across-bar, side arms and inwardly extending trunnions, a supportingplate having a central transverse bridge section extending at the endsto form elevated end sections, and a flat section intermediate the endsections extending to the lower edge and with side flanges bent to formbearing edges 90, y, at right angles on different planes and serving asbearings for the trun nions on the side arms, as set forth.

3. The combination in a handle, of a supporting plate and a hand-graspconsisting of one piece of metal bent to form side arms arms with edgeflanges, and inwardly proand a cross-bar, each side arm having edgejecting hollow trunnions. 10 flanges, and shaped and bent at the outerend In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature toform a hollow inwardlyprojecting trunin presence of two witnesses.

5 nion. PATRICK D. SKAHEN.

4. The within-described hand-grasp for Witnesses: v handles consistingof a single piece of metal 7 FRANK E. WADE,

shaped and bent to form a cross-bar, side I W. A. MACKENZIE, Jr.

